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E-mail: s.hersey@uws.edu.au

Dr Shane Hersey

Personal Information	Nationality: Australian Place of Birth: Sydney, Australia Gender: male
Employment History	2008 University of Western Sydney NSW Tutor Autumn Session Tutor: Media and Visual Cultures 2007/2008 alive.com.au QLD Frontier technologies/new media consultant 3-month contract Designer/writer: www.famousandfabulous.com Create text templates, blog entries and autoresponder workflow. 2007 University of Western Sydney NSW Lecturer and Tutor Spring Session Lecturer/Tutor: Digital Futures Course co-ordinator. 2005 University of Western Sydney NSW Lecturer and Tutor Semester One Lecturer/Tutor: Communication Networks Course co-ordinator, Bankstown and Penrith Campuses. Compulsory third year subject. 2004 University of Western Sydney NSW Lecturer and Tutor Semester Two Lecturer/Tutor: Media Cultures – Technologies and Practices Developed and wrote a new course structure for the subject. Semester One Tutor: Writing as Communication Compulsory first year subject. June 1999 – December 2003 Strehlow Research Centre NT Research Officer and Acting Research Director Strehlow Research Centre, Alice Springs Department of Community Development, Sport and Cultural Affairs. November 1997 – June 1999 University of Western Sydney NSW Consultant and Tutor Lecturer/co-ordinator: Image, Sound & Text. Tutor: Media Images; Media & Society; Introduction to Cultural Studies; Film Studies 1; Film Studies 3; Image, Sound & Text, Online Journalism, & Specialty Reporting at the University of Western Sydney and Mass Communication/The Swinging 60s as a University of New England external course at JMC Academy, which was then a UWS affiliate. March 1993 – November 1996 Fairfax NSW Subeditor Casual subeditor, general news, The Sydney Morning Herald. January 1991 – February 1993 Cumberland Press NSW Subeditor April 1989 – December 1991 EMAP NSW Production Editor Subeditor, Mother & Baby magazine. February 1985 – March 1988 Yaffa Publishing NSW Journalist News Editor, AdNews. Managing Editor, Packaging News, Food Manufacturing Monthly. May 1984 – January 1985 News Limited NSW Subeditor Subeditor, The Hobart Mercury. Interstate Correspondent, Herald and Weekly Times. January 1975 – December 1978 Anglican Information Office NSW Cadet Journalist Cadetship completed.
Education	April 2008 University of Western Sydney NSW Ph.D BA (Hons.) Communications. 2nd Class Honours, Division 1. 1997.
References	Associate Professor Dr Carol Liston, University of Western Sydney, Penrith Campus, Penrith, NSW 2750. c.liston@uws.edu.au Phone: (02) 4736 0358. Dr Marise Williams, Lecturer, UWS, Bankstown Campus, Bankstown, NSW, 2200. ma.williams@uws.edu.au Phone: (02) 9772 6219. Dr Pamela James, Lecturer, UWS, Penrith Campus, Kingswood, NSW, 2200. p.james@uws.edu.au Phone: (02) 4736 0474.
Significant Achievements	Awarded the degree of Ph.D based on an analysis of anthropologist T.G.H. Strehlow’s text Songs of Central Australia. Completed a new-media consultancy, related to blogging software for an Internet start-up firm in Brisbane. Submitted a report for the Indigenous Arts Strategy chaired by Jon Altman. Completed a searchable digital index of all T.G.H. Strehlow’s films.